Posts Tagged ‘Watling Street’

John Bartlett, Lord of Stratford has been continuing his research since acquiring the Lordship Title of Stratford from Manorial Counsel. Here we feature his guest post: The Manor of Stratford Stratford was a medieval manor of about 256 acres bounded by the River Tame in the west, the Two Gates crossroads in the east and Watling Street…

Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned, as the saying goes. And oh my word… if there’s a woman in history who proves that to be so, it’s Boudicca. Before succumbing to the might of the Roman Empire, she annihilated legions of their army, torched Londinium, and brutally slaughtered 70,000 Roman civilians by cutting…

We've all heard of the #BattleofHastings but have you heard of the Battle of Stamford Bridge #Yorkshire? The outcome was one that finally put an end to the daunting Viking threat that had irked England for so long. #vikings #history

#OnThisDay - 200 years ago today #QueenVictoria was born. She sat on the throne for almost 64 years and It was. during Victoria's reign that the modern idea of the constitutional monarch, whose role was to remain above political parties, began to evolve